Tag: NYSED

More from the PJSTA’s Melissa McMullan, who is a participant on the New York State Standard Review Committee. Below are what she wrote up after the third and fourth days on the committee… Fearless advocates, this is for you! “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Chinese Proverb Today was the …

PJSTA member Melissa McMullan reports on her experience on the New York State Standard Review Committee… The Cycle of Standards, Instruction and Assessment “Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.” ~Jonathon Kozol Today was the second day of the New York State Standard Review Committee. In total, sixty-eight people responded to my survey. …

Via the MORE Caucus… Jia Lee, Chapter Leader of The Earth School and a member of MORE, brought a MORE-sponsored resolution before the Delegate Assembly (DA) calling for a statement expressing opposition to the appointment of recently appointed state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia pointing to the lack of transparency and democracy in the process of her appointment which …

I have found that one of the best parts of being a public education activist is having the honor of meeting so many amazing people from across the state. The fight against the harmful agenda that has been enacted in New York State has allowed me to meet some incredible people from places like Buffalo, the …

Over the course of the fourteen years that I have spent in the Comsewogue School District, I have met countless people who I have come to admire greatly. I often refer to these people as “my heroes.” One of the biggest heroes of mine has been Alexandra Gordon. I first knew Ali as a parent …